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leg foremost , and when he did not appear at dinner , might be found vainly
endeavoring to pass a particular spot in the anteroom . He loved late hours , or
more properly ( says Mrs . Thrale ) hated early ones . Nothing was more terrifying
to him ...
leg foremost , and when he did not appear at dinner , might be found vainly
endeavoring to pass a particular spot in the anteroom . He loved late hours , or
more properly ( says Mrs . Thrale ) hated early ones . Nothing was more terrifying
to him ...
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... dinner he took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour
together . ” Women almost always like men who like them . Johnson , despite of
his unwieldy figure , scarred features , and uncouth gestures , was a favorite with
the ...
... dinner he took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour
together . ” Women almost always like men who like them . Johnson , despite of
his unwieldy figure , scarred features , and uncouth gestures , was a favorite with
the ...
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Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty - five , Time his hours should
never drive O ' er the bounds of thirty - five . High to soar , and deep to dive ,
Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty -
five ...
Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty - five , Time his hours should
never drive O ' er the bounds of thirty - five . High to soar , and deep to dive ,
Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty -
five ...
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I called on him to - day , however , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation ( for I
kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order for six butts more as
the final trial . ” Examples of fine ladies pressing tradesmen for their votes with ...
I called on him to - day , however , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation ( for I
kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order for six butts more as
the final trial . ” Examples of fine ladies pressing tradesmen for their votes with ...
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... never saw her fairly out of humor but on Chester wall ; ' it was because he
would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall ,
where , from the want of light , I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps
to him .
... never saw her fairly out of humor but on Chester wall ; ' it was because he
would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall ,
where , from the want of light , I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps
to him .
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| Title | Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
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